Moli Onte restaurant is where you feel like you’re visiting an old friend, where the food is great, especially grilled fish, and where prices are not as steep as at some places across Adriatic.

Do not ask for a menu. Take what has been caught in the morning and what they grew in their own backyard. They also offer delicious olive oil they produce themselves! We always leave with a couple of bottles.

There are buoys in front of the restaurant and if you are on a charter boat you don’t even have to lower your dinghy because they come and pick you up and deliver you back to your boat.

The bay itself is relatively open so there can be some swells from other boats and ships passing by as well as winds except bora (NE wind).

We stopped there last year and went to the restaurant Tomić. Simple but ok just a little steep considering we didn’t have exactly first class fish and only a couple portions of fries.

More like brunch really. 1900 kuna which is about 250€, for 6 people no desert, no coffee and not much wine. I don’t know. I’ve had better for such money at Kornati and it’s supposed to be expensive there.

We went there on a recommendation from a friend. The old Tomić used to grill fresh fish on a stone slab and it didn’t cost much. Now times have changed.

Anyway, Porat is interesting for the seal cave as well. It is situated on the northern shore of the bay and you can swim inside or take your dingy if it is not too big and the tide is not high. Inside there is a small pebble beach and the tunnel continues into the rocks.

When you sail to Polače Bay on NE part of Mljet Island you are greeted by restaurant owners lifting moorings and inviting you to come and try their cuisine. Indeed most of them offer nice meals including brunches and breakfasts.

We tried ham and eggs for brunch and roasted goat for dinner in between we took a walk to the lakes and took a ride to Sv. Marija Island with the monastery .

There are quite a few restaurants in Polače Bay on Mljet. Last year we went to Konoba Antika which is situated by the ruin where you can buy tickets for Mljet National Park.

We had fish soup for starter and then lobster and gilthead fish for main course and salt potatoes. With that we had a portion of shrimps in buzara sauce which is delicious and superb for dipping bread.

We had 1.5 l of white wine and a Coca Cola and we had pancakes for desert. The price: 1322 kn for 5 persons which is more than acceptable.

If you sail in the Zadar area I recommend stopping in Zapuntel. It lies between islands Ist and Molat.

On both sides you will find buoys to moor your boat but on Ists side there is nothing on shore. On Molats side there is a small village called Zapuntel.

There is a nice simple restaurant Škrila right on waterfront with nice pine trees for shade and a delicious cuisine.

Last year we had shrimp in buzara sauce, sea bass of about 1kg, cabbage salad and some potatoes with that. With 1l of white wine it cost 720 kuna (about 100€) for 4 people. Nice to pay little less than usually for a great dinner, for a change.

Oh, the buoys cost 15 kuna per meter but I think it was around 13 when we were there.

Konoba Mul is one in my opinion the best restaurant on Silba Island. It is well known for its nice cuisine and fair prices.

We had some fish soup, black risotto and anchovies for starter and crawfish in buzara sauce with some pasta for main course. It was delicious! With cabbage salad, a couple of beers and 2 liters of wine it cost 1200 kunas, which is about 160 euros.

We didn’t sleep too well that night, because of the weather. There was pretty strong Bora wind that comes into the port on the east side of Silba, so I recommend either St. Nikola anchorage on Olib Island only 2 miles away or the other side of Silba, St. Ante bay.

Plavi Podrum is a restaurant in Volosko, near Opatija known for its outstanding cuisine. We were pretty hungry so we started with dipping bread into different kinds of olive oil. The bread was totally black as if it was made with squid ink.

The real starter were shrimps with pines on rocket bed , the other was thin sliced mushrooms and tuna fillets also on rocket bed. Merlot sorbet was very interesting and the foam made of Campari juice.

With this we had some Malvazija – dry white wine of Veralda family. There was risotto with shrimps from Dalmatia and asparagus mixed in for second course. It was accompanied by Sauvignon from Korak vineyard.

Third course was goose liver, soft as butter and ba bass filet and cod in a chunky tortellini which we dipped into a zucchini sauce. With that we enjoyed 2006 Pošip wine from Korta Katarina.

And desert: chocolate mousse with vanilla ice cream and a few drops of olive oil. Odd but tasty combination.

We tried a few sorts of red vine – I remember 2007 Postup from Pelješac peninsula. It really was a unforgettable culinary experience.

Unlike the north coast, where you’ll only find a hotel and a view of the marina, the south coast of Umag hides several rastaurants (konoba), well protected from the bora (NE wind), where you can sit and enjox the auntumn sun.

We didn’t mind the menu with photos; we even got over the fact that there was no bakalar. There was, however, some excellent biska and medica, octopus salad, slaty sardelles and some more fish, mixed side dishes, and, of course, malvazija. And two sorbets. 250 Kn (35 €) per person seems like a good price for the pleasure we got, enjoying ourselves by the sea.

Meanwhile the Italians to the left gulped down their shrimps and the Germans to the right their mixed grill: everybody was happy. It was 100% more peaceful than Piran, and a bonazza instead of bora.

The food may not be exceptional, but the location is nice and well maintained It will tempt you to stay there instead of proceeding further into Istra. We also give extra marks for a really pleasant service.

Last weekend we went to the tavern Maruzzella in Zambratija. It’s right by the roadside, with a big parking lot, opened all year and accepts credit cards.

It is about half a mile from the Zambratija pear, where you can land with smaller boats.

In short – it was good. We paid the classic a little over 500 Kn, their home made brad is a big plus as is the fact that their mixed mussels really include a variety of different sorts and the buzara sauce is well prepared.

The black risotto had some spice issues, but the grilled sole made up for it. Sadly, the desert was store-bought so we would be better off to skip that.

All in all, it is well worth a visit, certainly in you are in Zambratija and the really acceptable price definitely outweights the small faults.

Ribic is Slovenian word for Fisherman my host told me, when he took me to this restaurant in Secovlje.

He assured me that this was once again one of the best restaurants on Slovenian coast though their quality wavered in the past. And he was right about the first part as far as I was concerned.

For starter we had the octopus salad, haddock pate, scallops and anchovies and they were all delicious. For main course we had, approx. 2 pound Redfish with potato and a delicious sauce, all baked in an oven. With all that we drank about a liter of Malvazija white wine and coffee after that. There was no room for desert, though I was tempted.

I don’t know exactly how much we (he) paid but it was roughly around 80 Euros, so that’s not too much to spoil oneself from time to time.

Oh, the pan was already half empty when I remembered to take a photo… sorry for that.

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